Florida Senate - 2016                                    SB 2506
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Appropriations
       
       576-03009-16                                          20162506__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to compensation for representation;
    3         amending s. 27.5304, F.S.; revising compensation
    4         amounts for representation in a criminal proceeding;
    5         providing an effective date.
    6          
    7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
    8  
    9         Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 27.5304, Florida
   10  Statutes, is amended to read:
   11         27.5304 Private court-appointed counsel; compensation;
   12  notice.—
   13         (5) The compensation for representation in a criminal
   14  proceeding shall not exceed the following:
   15         (a) For misdemeanors and juveniles represented at the trial
   16  level: $1,000.
   17         (b) For noncapital, nonlife felonies represented at the
   18  trial level: $15,000 $6,000.
   19         (c) For life felonies represented at the trial level:
   20  $15,000 $9,000.
   21         (d) For capital cases represented at the trial level:
   22  $25,000. For purposes of this paragraph, a “capital case” is any
   23  offense for which the potential sentence is death and the state
   24  has not waived seeking the death penalty.
   25         (e) For representation on appeal: $9,000.
   26         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.